Single-phase motor.



O. S. MORE & L. G. LONG. SINGLE PHASE MOTOR.

APPLICATION FILED AFR. I, I9I2. A 1,145,501. Patented July 6,1915.

Y V m COLUMBIA PLANouRAM-l CDL. WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

` onLo s. MORE AND L. GUY LONG, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AssIGNonsTo IAIRBANKs-Moasn ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or INDIAN- AroLIs, INDIANA, AwCoItronATIoN or INDIANA.

SINGLE-PHASE MOTOR. i

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 6,1915.

Application filed April 1, 1912. Serial No. 687,910.

To all 'whom 'it may concern f Be it known that we, ORLo S. MORE and L. GUY LONG, citizens of the United States, residing in the city of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion, in the State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and'useful Singie-Phase Motor, of which the following is afull, clear,`and exact description, such as willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same.

Our invention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims. y

ln describing the various arrangements employed and shown in the drawings hereto attached and described in the specification we do not limit our invention to the precise form or construction of apparatus shownor the several parts thereto inasmuch as various alterations may bemade without changing the scope of our invention.

Our object is to construct an eflicient and economical single phase motor which is started as a commutator motor and which on the attainment of running speed vby theV automatic short circuitingof the individual coils of the rotor, operates as an induction motor. i Y

Figure 1 is a sectional View, taken on two planes making a dihedral angle, of our motor showing the rotor laminations mounted upon the shaft, suitable openings being provided in said laminations vto contain such parts as are required to connect the operating mechanism. Fig. 2 is a detail.per'spec'- tive view showing a group of commutator contact toes. Fig'. 3 is a view, inperspective, of an individual toe. Fig. 4 is a detail end view of the brush holding ring.

In the drawings the frame is indicated by 1. The grooves shown at 2 serve as the seats for the bearing arms, 3 is the pulley'end bearing arm and 4 the pulley end bearings.A

5 is the commutator end bearing arm and 6 the commutator end bearings. The stator member is indicated by 7.

8 is the core clamping head. v

9 shows the stator laminations held in position by the stator core clamping heads.

10 shows the stator Coils which are embedded in the stator laminations.

11 indicates the rotor member, 12 the the spider.

shaft, 13 the Ventilating spaces and 14 the rotor laminations. These rotor laminations `are rigidly held in place by the retaining head 15 and the retaining ring 16. It is obvious that instead of placing these rotor laminations directly upon the shaft, a spider may be-used' and the laminations built upon From the retaining head 15 there extends out the bracket 19 which may beeither an independent casting firmly attached .to the retaining head or preferably as here shown a part of said retaining head. Upon this bracket is fastenedfthe pin 20. The arm 21 is intermediately pivoted by means of the perforated ear 22 upon pin 20. The centrifugal weights 25 are here shown as part of the weight end of arm 21. They may,however, be separate pieces firmly fastened to said weight end and may be made so as to encircle the shaft.

26 shows holes which under certain circumstances we find desirable to drill in the weights 25 after the motor is assembled when itis desired to yvary the number of `revolutions at which the short-circuiting mechanism is to be thrown into operation. rlhe weights25are of a predetermined overbalanced weight to suit thev initial spring tension but owing to mechanical divergence it is sometimes desirable to make a final and nice adjustment and by thus drilling out ymetal 'and thereby reducing the overbalancing weight, we obtain a ready and accurate method of securing the desired adjustment.

27 is a stopon the bracket 19 which deylines the outward movement of the centrifugal weights 25 and 28 is a similar stop which is preferably' an integral part ofvbracket 19 and serves to hold the arm 21 a predetermined position against the spring tension until such time as the centrifugal force produced yby the rapidly revolving weights overcome the initial spring tension.

29 is a balancing plate which at the point 8O has a properly rounded surface to engage the lever end 31 of arm 21.v The contracting surface of this end 31 is also rounded with a proper curve to work smoothly and evenly byV a rolling action whereby friction and wear are avoided. Said plate 29 by virtue of opposing. pressures becomes a balancing .member between the PSSble Varying ten sion of the springs. The balancing plate 29 is designed to move parallel to the shaft and the aperture 32 is made considerably larger than the diameter of the shaft.

lV e prefer to use two brackets 19 diametrically opposite each other upon which brackets the centrifugal weights 25 are borne. Upon the balancing plate but at a distance preferably of ninety degrees from the brackets and diametrically opposite each other are two holes indicated by 33. These holes are of greatest diameter at the commutator side of the motor and incline inwardly tothe pulley end of the motor. Through each hole is slipped the end 34 of an actuating rod The end 34 is threaded and is held in position by the hexagonal nut 36 A ball or spherical washer 37 is placed between the hexagonal nut and the balancing plate so that this plate may vary its position from the vertical without binding. rThrough a threaded aperture in the retaining head 15 is screwed the spring adjusting nut 39 and through the aperture 40 in said nut is passed the actuating rod. The actuating rod extends through the space 4l in the rotor laminations and through the aperture 42 in the retaining ring 16 and at the end 43 is attached to rod plate 44 through the threaded opening therein. A recess 46 at the commutator end of said opening is made vfor the purpose of riveting the rod end 43 to rod plate 44. There eXtends around the actuating` rod between the spring adjusting nut 39 and the rod plate 44, the helical spring 47. The ends of-the helical spring are fiattened and rest against said parts.

48 is a tube of fiber or other suitable material which we sometimes place about the helical springs to prevent them catching on the rotor lamination when bent outwardly under centrifugal action. By the use of the spring adjusting nuts 39 any difference in the initial tension of the springs 47 may be eliminated. The helical spring 47 opposes the thrust of the actuating rod 35 and is so arranged as to hold an initial compression equal to the centrifugal force generated bv the weights 25 at a predetermined number of revolutions at which the centrifugal device will operate. The rod plate 44 is preferably a cylindrical plate embracing the shaft through the opening 49 which is of a sufficiently larger diameter than the shaft to admit of a facile longitudinal movement thereon. Upon the rod plate at right angles to the points where the two actuating rods are attached are holes which we indicate at 50. The pull rods 51 are at their ends 52 threaded into the holes 50 in the rod plate. Each pull rod 5l passes through an opening in the commutator base 54 and is rigidly attached to the toe carrier plate 55 by the nut 56 which is fastened to the rod plate 51 by a pin; said nut being preferably square in contour and fitted into a square recess to prevent said rod 51 from working loose from the nut 59 which is on the outer end of the rod 51. The nut 59 is countersunk in the recess (31 of the toe carrier plate and is so arranged that a slight longitudinal adjustment may be had by the addition or subtraction of washers or distance pieces 62 in the recess 61 back of the nut The toes 64 are made up of stampings, castings, roll strips, hammered or formed pieces of copper, brass, bronze or other suitable conducting metal. The tips 65 of the toes are turned inwardly to avoid catching on the commutator face but the eXtra weight at that end will cause the toes when pliable to bend outwardly under the influence of centrifugal force and thereby make a more perfect contact with the commutator segments. Under certain circumstances, however, we turn in the tips G5 but slightly. These toes lie parallel to the shaft around the periphery of the toe carrier plate and the rounded tip is so arranged that the toe will slide within and make effective contact with the inner periphery of the commutator without catching upon the commutator face'. lt is obvious, however, that the toes may be inclined inwardly so as to slide farther within said inner periphery face of the commutator. The backs G6 of the toes are made to fit into and around a circular recess in the toe carrier plate. A flanged ring G8 serves to fasten and hold the toes firmly in position. Its outer flange fits over the toes and presses them against the outer periphery of the toe carrier plate. The inner fiange 69 of this ring fits into a recess 70 of the toe carrier plate. The screw 71 fastens the flanged ringl firmly to the toe carrying plate. A ring 72 of bronze, steel or other suitable metal is attached to the back of the fianged ring and provides a smooth riding surface for the end of the tension lever 751-.

Firmly mounted upon the central shaft between the rod plate 45 and the toe carrier plate 55 is the commutator base 54. The binding ring 77 is held by the screw 78 to the commutator base and serves to hold the commutator segments 79 aga-inst displacement. The commutator segments are separated from the commutator base by suitable and usual insulation material 80 and are likewise arranged in the usual manner with insulating material between each segment. Where the radial or front face 81 of the commutator meets the inner periphery 82 of the commutator the surface is rounded as shown at S3. rIhe inner periphery of the commutator is inclined inwardly so as to readily admit the toes and by virtue of this inclined face the tendency is to wedge said toes into a perfect contact with the commutator segments.

f inner end v86 of the commutator end bearing 6 that by vmeans of handle 87 "it maybe turned about this smooth surface to adjust the brushes 8 8 tothe Iproper points ofI commutation. The terminalends 89 of said brush holding ,ringo have Vprojecting lugs at which there is rabearingscrew 91. The lugs 92 forming jaws and serving as bearings, support the brush holder 93 by means of the bolt 94 on'` which boltthenut 495'is placed. The 'springs 96 are intermediately coiled one or more'tiines loosely around the bolt 94 and are pressed under a kcertain tension necessary to'` hold the brush "firmly against the'v front c face ofl the commutator while the motor is in the'vstarting position. The.- outer ends of said'spring are'attached toy brush clip 98 and the recess 99 in the brush holder allows the` brush to be'use'd until the clip' has come within saidrecess. The end 100y of. Said spring bears uponfthe tension lever 7 5, which is lfree to movey within certain prescribed limits. 102 isa stop produced by `bending or turning under a part of the brush holder. This steppes# tablishes the forward limit of the movement of said'tension lever and'is-'so`pl'aced that vwhen the tension lever is pressed against said stop by thepressure of'spring 96 there will be a space or gap left between the `contact end ofthe leverand the'fface of the ring 72. Thisspace or gap is obtained during the time thatfthe toe carrying plate 'is drawn into engagement with the commutator and the motor is operating inits normal or running condition. inasmuch asthe toe carrying plate ofy which the pilateh72fis a 'part is revolving' at a yhigh ratefo'f'speed while the point 74.- is stationary it is evident that friction and Wear are eliminated by maintainingtheabove mentioned interval between the ends of the levers and the vface of the said plate. SaidA two points will make contact with each other only when the motor is in the starting condition.

In Fig. l our motor isshown in its starting condition. The centrifugal weightsr are not acting under centrifugal force and, therefore, the helical springs 47 press back the rod plate which, by means of the actuating rods. draw the balancing plate inwardly. The contact point 30 on the balancing plate is shown pressing against the point 31 on thc lever endof arm `21.` The stop QSlimits the inward movement of the lever arm and in turn the movement of the balancing plate and the rod plate. The toes upon the toecarrying plate are out o f contact with the inner periphery of the commutator, and the brushes are shown bearing uponl the commutator face 31. Thel motor starts asa commutator motor and when it reaches a certain predetermined speed the centrifugal weights fly outwardly and the toe carrying plate is drawn within the inner periphery of the commutator, and at the same time the brushes are `removed from the front face of the commutator. The motor then' runs as an induction motor.l y o vln Fig. 2 we show a group of toes which we prefer to use. vIt will be noticed that there is enough space left between each toe so that when the toes are drawn into the inner peripheryof the commutator, the tips of thel toes are touching each other.Vv Since the toes through'usage become worn and vbent inwardly' so asl to fail to make perfect contact with the inner periphery ofthe commutator,'despite its wedging action, we prefer to round andl turn under vthe tips of the i .the centrifugal weights, the toe carrier plate is pressed out of Contact with the inner periphery of the commutator and'in turn the brushes again receive the maximum pressure from the spring' and press against the commutator face while the centrifugal weights drop-back to their rstarting position. The motor will gradually slow down and stop in the condition shown in Fig. l.

" While the number of actuating rods,

springs and kindred parts may be varied,

we prefer to use two or four ofthe same and Vthis motor is shown having two :such sets ol'parts.

HHaving thus described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure'by Letters Patent of the United `States is l l. In a self-'starting single phaseinduction motor, the combination of a rotor mem'- ber having a commutator, centrifugal weights carried by the rotor member, a balancing plate arranged to be operated by the centrifugal weights, a rod plate, a rod connecting the balancing plate and the rod plate, a spring opposing the thrustof the said rod, imparted thereto by the movements connected With the said rod plate, and shortcircuiting toes supported by the said carrier plate arranged to be moved into engagement with the commutator When the centrifugal Weights are moved upon the motor attaining its running speed, substantially as described. f

2. In a self-starting single phase induction motor, the combination of a rotor member having a supporting shaft and a commutator, centrifugally acting Weighted arms supported by the said rotor member, a balancing plate acted upon by the said arms, surrounding the said shaft and free to move along the same, a carrier plate surrounding the shaft and also free to move along the same, arranged adjacent to the commutator, short-circuiting contact toes carried by the last said plate and arranged to be brought into engagement with the commutator, connections between the balancing plate and the said carrier plate, and springs acting upon the said connections and opposing the movements of the said connected parts until the motor has attained its running speed.

3. In a self-starting single phase induction motor, the combination of a stator member, a rotor member having a central shaft and a commutator with an inclined inner peripheral face, centrifugally acting ni'eighted arms carried by the rotor meinber, a balancing plate acted upon and moved by the said Weighted arms, a carrier plate arranged adjacent to the commutator, connections between the balancing plate and the carrier plate for causing them to move together, and short-circuiting elastic toes supported by the carrier nlate and arranged to be brought into engagement with the said inclined face of the commutator When the motor attains its running speed.

4. In a self-starting single phase induction motor, the combination of a stator member, a rotor member having a commutator, commutator brushes, springs for engaging with the brushes and holding them with yielding force against the commutator, a movable carrier plate, short-circuiting contacts supported by the said plate and arranged to engage with the commutator, centrifugal means connected with the said carrier plate and arranged to move it to bring the short-circuiting contacts into operation when the motor attains its running speed, and means operated by the said movable c arrier plate, When in the position it occupies before the motor has attained full running speed, for placing the said spring under tension to operate the brushes.

5. In a self-starting single phase induction motor, the combination of a stator member, a rotor member having a central supporting shaft, and a commutator at one of its ends, centrifugal weights carried by the rotor member at that end opposite the commutator, a balancing plate acted upon by the centrifugal Weights surrounding the shaft and free to move along the same, a carrier plate arranged adjacent to the said commutator surrounding the shaft and free to move along the same, connections including 4 tion motor, the combination of a stator member, a rotor member, having a commutator With an inner peripheral face, a movable carrier, a series of short-circuiting elastic contact toes supported by the carrier, the free tips of` which are turned over and Weighted, the vtoes being in electrical connection with each other, and centrifugally operated means for moving the carrier for the said contact toes to bring the latter into engagement With the commutator when the motor attains full running speed.

7. In a self-starting single phase induction motor, the combination of a stator member, a rotor member, having a commutator with an inner peripheral face, a movable carrier` a series of short-circuiting elastic contacts supported by the carrier, the free tips of Which are turned and weighted, the contacts being in electrical connection with each other, and centrifugally operated means for moving theA carrier for the said contacts to bring the-latter into engagement With the commutator When the motor attains full running speed.

ORLO S. MORE. L. GUY LONG.

Witnesses:

LEWIS B. SPEAR, I-I. A. FRENCH.

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